A tornado climatology for Indiana

Physical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 525-543

  Pryor, Sara C ^a   Kurzhal, Tim ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reporting bias; Temporal and spatial variability; Tornado climatology

Indexed keywords

STORM; TORNADO;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031544541     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1997.10642633     Document Type: Article

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